If Warren Buffett does something for the first time in 40 years, either he has grown senile or he has found a once-in-a-lifetime investment opportunity. I choose the latter explanation. Read More

Selling stocks short can serve as an important hedge to long-only investment strategies. But investors must acquaint themselves with the risks inherent in this practice before deciding whether it’s suitable for their goals. Read More

If you think that buying high-beta stocks is the best way to recoup your losses in the recent stock market decline, recent academic research suggests that you think again. Read More

Among the many challenges investors face these days is how to generate decent income at low risk. One of the best solutions for risk-averse investors is to consider no-load mutual funds that invest in Ginnie Maes. Read More

The uncertainty in today's markets has increased the profile of nontraditional investments, but not all investments are taxed equally. Avoid the following traps and penalties for your IRA investment. Read More

Building wealth by buying and holding high-quality, dividend-paying businesses is a strategy unconstrained by borders. And Australia is among the most attractive destinations for dividend investors in the world. Read More

AT&T is battling the U.S. government over its plan to acquire competing wireless carrier T-Mobile USA. Hasn't anybody told AT&T that the government always wins? Read More

Royal Dutch Shell’s (NYSE: RDS.A) most recent downstream LNG venture will serve a market where there’s no shortage of natural gas: North America. Read More

Problems at European banks and alarmist statements by bank CEOs have wreaked havoc on European stocks. Jim thinks the selling is overdone and offers a few diversified ways to play a European rebound. Read More

Why has the price of gasoline continued to increase despite the decline in the price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil? Pundits have come up with dozens of conspiracy theories to explain this anomaly. Here's the truth. Read More